18 October 2014, the plaintiffs filed a Memo addressing why the federal court should be acting now.

20 October 2014, a hearing was scheduled for 24 October 2014:

"NOTICE of Hearing: THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTICE FOR THIS HEARING 3 Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order. Motion Hearing set for 10/24/2014 at 10:00 AM in KC Courtroom (Unknown) before District Judge Daniel D. Crabtree. (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no .pdf document associated with this entry.) (mig) (Entered: 10/20/2014)"

22 October 2014, Phillip and Sandra Unruh, a straight couple and "legally married residents of the State of Kansas," asked to intervene in this case as defendants.

23 October 2014, the October 24th hearing was cancelled. Per the report, the plaintiffs attorney said they had not had time to review the state's filing from today. Also per the report, Judge Crabtree is considering whether to reschedule the hearing or make a decision based on briefs already filed. A telephone conference was held.

24 October 2014, a Minute entry for Oct. 23rd telephone conference was filed. Plaintiffs are to file any additional briefing on the motion for preliminary injunction by Monday, 27 October 2014.

27 October 2014, the plaintiffs' filed their Reply in support of Preliminary Injunction or Temporary Retraining Order.

28 October 2014, a hearing was set on the plaintiffs' motion for Preliminary Injunction / TRO. The hearing will take place in Kansas City on Friday, 31 October 2014, at 2:30 pm CT (text only order, no PDF).

28 October 2014, though denied intervenor standing, Phillip and Sandra Unruh were granted permission to file an amicus brief in this case, and here it is, opposing preliminary injunction.

30 October 2014, exhibits were submitted by the defendants in further support of their opposition to a preliminary injunction.

31 October 2014, hearing in Kansas City at 2:30pm CT.

4 November 2014, Judge Crabtree GRANTED the preliminary injunction! The order temporarily stayed the injunction until Tuesday, 11 November 2014 at 5:00pm CT, "unless defendants sooner inform the Court they will not seek review before the Court of Appeals."

4 November 2014, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt issued a statement indicating the state will appeal to the 10th Circuit, asking the Court to consider the appeal en banc.

18 November 2014, State Defendant Robert Moser filed his Answer to Complaint. NOTE: The previous federal order that struck down the ban is a preliminary injunction. The case will still need to proceed to a final decision and judgment.

20 November 2014, the ACLU plans to amend this lawsuit in order to force state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages. ACLU of Kansas Legal Director Doug Bonney "said the ACLU would amend the lawsuit against the state to include more agencies because of the state’s reluctance to grant legally married same-sex couples the same rights that newly married heterosexual couples would receive. “'We’re trying to figure out who we sue, including possibly the governor,' Bonney said Thursday. 'We’re very concerned about the state’s refusal to recognize marriages both performed in state and out of state, so we definitely will seek to amend our complaint to add these claims, because this can’t go on.'”

10 December 2014, defendant Robert Moser filed a Motion to Dismiss. Robert Moser, M.D., resigned his position as Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, effective 30 November 2014. He moves to dismiss the claims against him based on "lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Eleventh Amendment, lack of Article III standing, and mootness of the supposed controversy." He also claims that his successor would not be a proper defendant.

13 December 2014, the Westboro Baptist Church filed an Amicus Brief Opposing Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Preliminary Injunction.

29 December 2014, the WBC filed their Opening Brief in their appeal of the denial of intervention.

31 December 2014, here's the Minute entry from today's telephone conference. Parties to exchange stipulations of fact, responses, and then file report with court with proposed briefing schedule by 30 January 2015.

20 January 2015, a Motion to Dismiss was filed by state defendants Nick Jordan, Lisa Kaspar, and Mike Michael.

22 January 2015, Judge Crabtree set a phone status conference for Tuesday, 27 January 2015. Docket text order only: "NOTICE of Hearing: THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTICE FOR THIS HEARING Telephone Status Conference set for 1/27/2015 at 09:30 AM in Courtroom 401 (DDC) before District Judge Daniel D. Crabtree."

27 January 2015, minute entry from telephone conference. Not much here except that the plaintiffs have withdrawn a second motion for preliminary injunction that was filed on 12/8, after the first preliminary injunction was issued.

28 January 2015, the defendant-appellants filed their Opening Brief with the 10th Circuit.

30 January 2015, the parties filed a Joint Report Regarding Scheduling. The plaintiffs' attorneys indicated their intention to file a motion for summary judgment soon.

17 March 2015, an Order was filed that denied several motions to delay proceedings. The Court ordered all defendants to file a consolidated response to plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment no later than 13 April 2015.

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